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The media has unmasked Banksy, again. Art experts reveal what happens next

The mystery of Banksy’s identity has long been part of the value of his art

The Independent UK · Mar 22

Heirs to Bic fortune in nasty legal battle over 15th-century masterpiece allegedly stolen by family chauffeur

Exclusive: At the center of the saga is ‘Saint Sixtus,’ a 1454 painting believed to be among the last works Fra Angelico created before he died the following year

The Independent UK · Mar 21

This illustrator beautifully combines traditional and digital techniques

Alexis Marcou uses graphite shading that dissolves into digital colour.

Creative Bloq · Mar 21

Estonia exports a modernist, Glasgow gets poetic and Leonora Carrington goes wild – the week in art

Konrad Mägi is given his time to shine, Fiona Banner hits a word-picture high and Carrington takes over the home of Sigmund Freud

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20

This Magic The Gathering artist blends fantasy and spiritual influences with strong female characters

Kilart explores the relationship between characters and environments.

Creative Bloq · Mar 20

I’m tired of always paying for my friends on nights out. What can I do about it?

We all see money differently, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. If you want your friends to see it your way, you’ll have to communicate it

The Guardian - AU · Mar 19

Homework till midnight and ‘one breakdown a week’: the mysterious art school keeping a forgotten style alive

Since 1892, a workshop in Brussels has taught aspiring painters the technique of trompe l’oeil. It’s brutal work, the artists say – so why do people travel from all around the world to master it?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19

‘Absolutely transformative’: Willem de Kooning exhibition uncovers raw intensity of early work

A Princeton University Art Museum show captures the urgent power of the iconic abstract expressionist’s 1945-50 breakthrough years

The Guardian - US · Mar 18

Banksy’s ‘unmasking’ changes absolutely nothing

ART: A new report has claimed to identify the famously secretive street artist. Louis Chilton asks whether some mysteries are better left unsolved

The Independent UK · Mar 18

‘Old masters too’: Ghent exhibition celebrates female artists of the baroque

Show in part a rediscovery of more than 40 mostly forgotten women who plied their trade in the Low Countries

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18